I am not suggesting otherwise, but being able to afford a firearm is nowhere close to being a right. And a modest tax on a weapon that costs several hundred dollars could go a long way to help with gun violence. If I decide to buy a new gun, I have little issue with paying an extra twenty dollars to go towards decreasing gun violence. Whether that pays for more education, more police, raises for police to try and help fill empty positions-hell, we have at least 15 spots we can’t fill. For every new officer we get, two retire or quit. It takes six months to do a background check, then hire the officer, and then it is a year before they can actually contribute after they finish the academy and training.
People simply don’t want the job anymore. There is way too much bullshit that goes along with the job, and people just don’t want to deal with that for low pay. Hell, I am almost ready to call it, and I have 3.5 years left before I secure pension.